How to solve ode of this form
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a_n(y')^n + a_{n-1}(y')^{n-1} + cdots + a_0 y' =0
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I am also unclear on how to describe this as it is not nth order. The polynomial being in the derivative is not something that I think I have seen before.
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a_n(y')^n + a_{n-1}(y')^{n-1} + cdots + a_0 y' =0
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I am also unclear on how to describe this as it is not nth order. The polynomial being in the derivative is not something that I think I have seen before.
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I'm not really sure, but it kind of looks like you should solve the polynomial for $y'$, then solve for $y$
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– Seth
1 hour ago
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Do you mean $cdots + a_1 y^prime + a_0$ at the end?
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– parsiad
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Would make sense @parsiad
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– Neo Darwin
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@NeoDarwin: encouraging OP to edit the post.
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a_n(y')^n + a_{n-1}(y')^{n-1} + cdots + a_0 y' =0
$
I am also unclear on how to describe this as it is not nth order. The polynomial being in the derivative is not something that I think I have seen before.
ordinary-differential-equations
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a_n(y')^n + a_{n-1}(y')^{n-1} + cdots + a_0 y' =0
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I am also unclear on how to describe this as it is not nth order. The polynomial being in the derivative is not something that I think I have seen before.
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I'm not really sure, but it kind of looks like you should solve the polynomial for $y'$, then solve for $y$
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– Seth
1 hour ago
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Do you mean $cdots + a_1 y^prime + a_0$ at the end?
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– parsiad
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Would make sense @parsiad
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– Neo Darwin
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@NeoDarwin: encouraging OP to edit the post.
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I'm not really sure, but it kind of looks like you should solve the polynomial for $y'$, then solve for $y$
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– Seth
1 hour ago
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Do you mean $cdots + a_1 y^prime + a_0$ at the end?
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– parsiad
1 hour ago
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Would make sense @parsiad
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– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
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@NeoDarwin: encouraging OP to edit the post.
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– parsiad
1 hour ago
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I'm not really sure, but it kind of looks like you should solve the polynomial for $y'$, then solve for $y$
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– Seth
1 hour ago
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I'm not really sure, but it kind of looks like you should solve the polynomial for $y'$, then solve for $y$
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– Seth
1 hour ago
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Do you mean $cdots + a_1 y^prime + a_0$ at the end?
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– parsiad
1 hour ago
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Do you mean $cdots + a_1 y^prime + a_0$ at the end?
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– parsiad
1 hour ago
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Would make sense @parsiad
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– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
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Would make sense @parsiad
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– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
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@NeoDarwin: encouraging OP to edit the post.
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– parsiad
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@NeoDarwin: encouraging OP to edit the post.
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Well. As pointed out in the comments by Seth.
Let us consider an example
begin{align}
(y')^2+2y'+1=0
end{align}
then it follows $y' = -1$ so $y = -t+C$.
So, in general, you will get $y'=$ const. Then $y=text{const}. t+C$.
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What if it does not have real roots?
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– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
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Then you have a complex constant. If you only want real solutions, then you can drop all the complex solutions.
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– Jacky Chong
1 hour ago
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Thanks. Good answer and logical.
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– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
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TLDR. All continuously differentiable solutions of the ODE are of the form $y(t) = c + tz$ where $z$ is a (possibly complex) root of the corresponding polynomial.
Let $y:[0,T)rightarrowmathbb{R}$ where $Tleqinfty$ be a continuously differentiable function satisfying the ODE
$$
a_{n}(y^{prime}(t))^{n}+cdots+a_{1}y^{prime}(t)+a_{0}=0.
$$
By the fundamental theorem of algebra, if $a_{n}neq0$, the corresponding polynomial
$$
a_{n}r^{n}+cdots+a_{1}r+a_{0}
$$
has $n$ complex roots, call them $z_{1},ldots,z_{n}$. We can re-express the ODE as
$$
left(y^{prime}(t)-z_{1}right)cdotsleft(y^{prime}(t)-z_{n}right)=0.
$$
By the above, $y^{prime}(t)=z_{k(t)}$ where $k(t)in{1,ldots,n}$ for all $t$.
In fact, $tmapsto z_{k(t)}$ must be constant since otherwise continuous differentiability is violated. We conclude that $y(t)=c+tz_{j}$ for some $j$.
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Well. As pointed out in the comments by Seth.
Let us consider an example
begin{align}
(y')^2+2y'+1=0
end{align}
then it follows $y' = -1$ so $y = -t+C$.
So, in general, you will get $y'=$ const. Then $y=text{const}. t+C$.
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What if it does not have real roots?
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– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
1
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Then you have a complex constant. If you only want real solutions, then you can drop all the complex solutions.
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– Jacky Chong
1 hour ago
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Thanks. Good answer and logical.
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– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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Well. As pointed out in the comments by Seth.
Let us consider an example
begin{align}
(y')^2+2y'+1=0
end{align}
then it follows $y' = -1$ so $y = -t+C$.
So, in general, you will get $y'=$ const. Then $y=text{const}. t+C$.
$endgroup$
$begingroup$
What if it does not have real roots?
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– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
1
$begingroup$
Then you have a complex constant. If you only want real solutions, then you can drop all the complex solutions.
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– Jacky Chong
1 hour ago
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Thanks. Good answer and logical.
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– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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Well. As pointed out in the comments by Seth.
Let us consider an example
begin{align}
(y')^2+2y'+1=0
end{align}
then it follows $y' = -1$ so $y = -t+C$.
So, in general, you will get $y'=$ const. Then $y=text{const}. t+C$.
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Well. As pointed out in the comments by Seth.
Let us consider an example
begin{align}
(y')^2+2y'+1=0
end{align}
then it follows $y' = -1$ so $y = -t+C$.
So, in general, you will get $y'=$ const. Then $y=text{const}. t+C$.
answered 1 hour ago
Jacky ChongJacky Chong
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What if it does not have real roots?
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– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
1
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Then you have a complex constant. If you only want real solutions, then you can drop all the complex solutions.
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– Jacky Chong
1 hour ago
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Thanks. Good answer and logical.
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– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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What if it does not have real roots?
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– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
1
$begingroup$
Then you have a complex constant. If you only want real solutions, then you can drop all the complex solutions.
$endgroup$
– Jacky Chong
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Thanks. Good answer and logical.
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– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
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What if it does not have real roots?
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– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
What if it does not have real roots?
$endgroup$
– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
1
1
$begingroup$
Then you have a complex constant. If you only want real solutions, then you can drop all the complex solutions.
$endgroup$
– Jacky Chong
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Then you have a complex constant. If you only want real solutions, then you can drop all the complex solutions.
$endgroup$
– Jacky Chong
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Thanks. Good answer and logical.
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– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
$begingroup$
Thanks. Good answer and logical.
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– Neo Darwin
1 hour ago
add a comment |
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TLDR. All continuously differentiable solutions of the ODE are of the form $y(t) = c + tz$ where $z$ is a (possibly complex) root of the corresponding polynomial.
Let $y:[0,T)rightarrowmathbb{R}$ where $Tleqinfty$ be a continuously differentiable function satisfying the ODE
$$
a_{n}(y^{prime}(t))^{n}+cdots+a_{1}y^{prime}(t)+a_{0}=0.
$$
By the fundamental theorem of algebra, if $a_{n}neq0$, the corresponding polynomial
$$
a_{n}r^{n}+cdots+a_{1}r+a_{0}
$$
has $n$ complex roots, call them $z_{1},ldots,z_{n}$. We can re-express the ODE as
$$
left(y^{prime}(t)-z_{1}right)cdotsleft(y^{prime}(t)-z_{n}right)=0.
$$
By the above, $y^{prime}(t)=z_{k(t)}$ where $k(t)in{1,ldots,n}$ for all $t$.
In fact, $tmapsto z_{k(t)}$ must be constant since otherwise continuous differentiability is violated. We conclude that $y(t)=c+tz_{j}$ for some $j$.
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add a comment |
$begingroup$
TLDR. All continuously differentiable solutions of the ODE are of the form $y(t) = c + tz$ where $z$ is a (possibly complex) root of the corresponding polynomial.
Let $y:[0,T)rightarrowmathbb{R}$ where $Tleqinfty$ be a continuously differentiable function satisfying the ODE
$$
a_{n}(y^{prime}(t))^{n}+cdots+a_{1}y^{prime}(t)+a_{0}=0.
$$
By the fundamental theorem of algebra, if $a_{n}neq0$, the corresponding polynomial
$$
a_{n}r^{n}+cdots+a_{1}r+a_{0}
$$
has $n$ complex roots, call them $z_{1},ldots,z_{n}$. We can re-express the ODE as
$$
left(y^{prime}(t)-z_{1}right)cdotsleft(y^{prime}(t)-z_{n}right)=0.
$$
By the above, $y^{prime}(t)=z_{k(t)}$ where $k(t)in{1,ldots,n}$ for all $t$.
In fact, $tmapsto z_{k(t)}$ must be constant since otherwise continuous differentiability is violated. We conclude that $y(t)=c+tz_{j}$ for some $j$.
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
TLDR. All continuously differentiable solutions of the ODE are of the form $y(t) = c + tz$ where $z$ is a (possibly complex) root of the corresponding polynomial.
Let $y:[0,T)rightarrowmathbb{R}$ where $Tleqinfty$ be a continuously differentiable function satisfying the ODE
$$
a_{n}(y^{prime}(t))^{n}+cdots+a_{1}y^{prime}(t)+a_{0}=0.
$$
By the fundamental theorem of algebra, if $a_{n}neq0$, the corresponding polynomial
$$
a_{n}r^{n}+cdots+a_{1}r+a_{0}
$$
has $n$ complex roots, call them $z_{1},ldots,z_{n}$. We can re-express the ODE as
$$
left(y^{prime}(t)-z_{1}right)cdotsleft(y^{prime}(t)-z_{n}right)=0.
$$
By the above, $y^{prime}(t)=z_{k(t)}$ where $k(t)in{1,ldots,n}$ for all $t$.
In fact, $tmapsto z_{k(t)}$ must be constant since otherwise continuous differentiability is violated. We conclude that $y(t)=c+tz_{j}$ for some $j$.
$endgroup$
TLDR. All continuously differentiable solutions of the ODE are of the form $y(t) = c + tz$ where $z$ is a (possibly complex) root of the corresponding polynomial.
Let $y:[0,T)rightarrowmathbb{R}$ where $Tleqinfty$ be a continuously differentiable function satisfying the ODE
$$
a_{n}(y^{prime}(t))^{n}+cdots+a_{1}y^{prime}(t)+a_{0}=0.
$$
By the fundamental theorem of algebra, if $a_{n}neq0$, the corresponding polynomial
$$
a_{n}r^{n}+cdots+a_{1}r+a_{0}
$$
has $n$ complex roots, call them $z_{1},ldots,z_{n}$. We can re-express the ODE as
$$
left(y^{prime}(t)-z_{1}right)cdotsleft(y^{prime}(t)-z_{n}right)=0.
$$
By the above, $y^{prime}(t)=z_{k(t)}$ where $k(t)in{1,ldots,n}$ for all $t$.
In fact, $tmapsto z_{k(t)}$ must be constant since otherwise continuous differentiability is violated. We conclude that $y(t)=c+tz_{j}$ for some $j$.
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I'm not really sure, but it kind of looks like you should solve the polynomial for $y'$, then solve for $y$
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– Seth
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Do you mean $cdots + a_1 y^prime + a_0$ at the end?
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– parsiad
1 hour ago
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Would make sense @parsiad
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– Neo Darwin
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@NeoDarwin: encouraging OP to edit the post.
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– parsiad
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